Living With Herpes

Genital Herpes is on the rise and is one of the most common STDs in the USA. One out of four women and one out five men are infected with the genital herpes simplex virus (HSV-2) infection.

Genital herpes is a particularly nasty sexually transmitted disease (STD), and what’s worse is that there is no cure.plus once you have been infected the disease lives in your body forever. Herpes is caused by the simplex viruses type 1 (HSV-1) or type 2 (HSV-2), with most genital herpes being caused by HSV-2.

Once you have been infected you will experience herpes symptoms such as:

• flu-like symptoms
• swollen glands and fever
• Tingling, itching or burning in the genital area
• A dull ache in the pit of your stomach
• Pain in the buttocks
• Sharp pains that run down the leg
• Painful sores in and around the genitals or buttocks

The initial outbreak is usually the most severe with subsequent outbreaks being less in severity each time. An outbreak can last from 2 to 10 days, and occurs at different intervals. Some people suffer an outbreak every month whilst others can have experience an outbreak twice a year.

A New Vaccine For Herpes Sufferers

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline are working together to develop a vaccine for genital herpes, whilst BioVex, a biotechnology company, has actually designed a new ImmunoVex HSV2 vaccine.

The vaccine is based on a live but weakened form of HSV2 that has been engineered to eradicate the four genes that enables the virus to hide from the immune system. The aim is that the vaccine will allow the body to generate an immune response capable of preventing infection.

BioVex researchers found that animals that had been injected with the vaccine did not go on to develop symptoms of HSV2. Clinical trials will now take place in London

Topical Medication for Herpes Sores

An outbreak of herpes is very painful and in order to cope with the sometimes, excruciating pain you will encounter you may have to take pain relief.

In addition there are various antiviral medications available that have the potential to stop replication of the virus, but cause side effects that are quite severe and pose a threat to your body.

Instead of taking antivirals some people are using topical gels that have no side effects, deals with outbreaks before they occur and make the outbreaks less severe.

Living With Herpes

Genital Herpes is on the rise and is one of the most common STDs in the USA. One out of four women and one out five men are infected with the genital herpes simplex virus (HSV-2) infection.

Genital herpes is a particularly nasty sexually transmitted disease (STD), and what’s worse is that there is no cure.plus once you have been infected the disease lives in your body forever. Herpes is caused by the simplex viruses type 1 (HSV-1) or type 2 (HSV-2), with most genital herpes being caused by HSV-2.

Once you have been infected you will experience herpes symptoms such as:

• flu-like symptoms
• swollen glands and fever
• Tingling, itching or burning in the genital area
• A dull ache in the pit of your stomach
• Pain in the buttocks
• Sharp pains that run down the leg
• Painful sores in and around the genitals or buttocks

The initial outbreak is usually the most severe with subsequent outbreaks being less in severity each time. An outbreak can last from 2 to 10 days, and occurs at different intervals. Some people suffer an outbreak every month whilst others can have experience an outbreak twice a year.

A New Vaccine For Herpes Sufferers

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline are working together to develop a vaccine for genital herpes, whilst BioVex, a biotechnology company, has actually designed a new ImmunoVex HSV2 vaccine.

The vaccine is based on a live but weakened form of HSV2 that has been engineered to eradicate the four genes that enables the virus to hide from the immune system. The aim is that the vaccine will allow the body to generate an immune response capable of preventing infection.

BioVex researchers found that animals that had been injected with the vaccine did not go on to develop symptoms of HSV2. Clinical trials will now take place in London

Topical Medication for Herpes Sores

An outbreak of herpes is very painful and in order to cope with the sometimes, excruciating pain you will encounter you may have to take pain relief.

In addition there are various antiviral medications available that have the potential to stop replication of the virus, but cause side effects that are quite severe and pose a threat to your body.

Instead of taking antivirals some people are using topical gels that have no side effects, deals with outbreaks before they occur and make the outbreaks less severe.

The Sexual transmitted diseases are infections that are transmitted from person to person during the sexual intercourse. There are around of 24 sexual transmitted infections with a variety of symptoms or signs in the individuals that have them.

The Infections can be contagied during the sexual intercourse through vagina, anus and mouth.

The Sexual transmitted diseases are known also as Sexual Transmitted Infections becuase many of the times the diseases do not cause any symptom or disease and are preferred to be name Infections instead of diseases.

The common symptoms of STI s are different, but the most common are irritation, bumps, itchiness, pain while urinating and/or unusual genital discharge either in men or women.

The most common Sexual Transmitted Diseases are:

Chlamydia: It is a infection caused by the bacteria Chlamydia Trachomatis. It is one of the most reported infections transmitted sexually. This infection affects the urethra, the rectum, the eyes in women and men and the cervix in women. If this infection is not treated on time, it can cause fertility problems in women. The symptoms of the infection usually are not noticed by the infected person, but when the symptoms appear, they start between 1 and 3 weeks after the sexual exposure.

Genital warts are caused by subtypes of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and it may appear on the skin on the genitalia in the shape of warts, like white or flesh color or as cauliflower shape. The warts do not cause pain, but they may cause itchiness and sometimes are difficult to detect. In women, the HPV is associated with Cervical cancer and today, even it has been correlated as the cause of mouth and throat cancer.

Gonorrhea is a Sexual transmitted disease that can affect the Urethra, cervix, rectum, anus and throat in the individual. The symptoms, if they appear, will show between the day 1 or 14 after the exposure. The symptoms are pain while urinating, white discharge from the penis, unusual vaginal or anal discharge.

Hepatitis C causes the inflammation of the liver. The type C is a virus that is transmitted through sexual intercourse, blood transfusion and it causes permanent damage to the liver, and if it is not treated on time, it may cause death in the person.

Genital Herpes is caused by two types of the Herpes Simple Virus referred as Type 1 and 2. HSV type 2 affects the genitalia and the type 1 usually affects the mouth and lips. The HSV-2 is one of the most common viruses in the population of the world. The symptoms of the Herpes appear 2 to 7 days after the exposure and they can last up to 4 weeks. The symptoms of Herpes are itchiness and burning in the genital area; small blisters full of transparent liquid, and when they explode they leave painful sores that can get even more painful while urinating, specially in women; headaches; backaches and flu-like symptoms as well. After the first outbreak, the virus of the herpes stays in the nerves roots near to the place of its original outbreak and stays there until the person’s immunity is challenged, and a new outbreak will appear.

Syphilis is an infection caused by Treponema pallidum bacteria. This infection shows symptoms in the person after 3 months of being exposed to the bacteria. The common symptoms are non-painful blisters in the genitalia or mouth; inflammation of the lymphatic nodes in the groin area; fever and symptoms of having an infection as bodyaches.

Trichomoniasis is caused by the unicelular organism known as Trichomonas Vaginalis and this organism is transmitted during sexual intercourse. It can affect the vagina and the urethra in men and women. This STD does not show symptoms in the person but if they appear are mostly in women causing fetid and generous vaginal discharge.; pain during intercourse and pain while urinating.